Flying

CBP Will Train Pilots Using VR Simulators for First Time

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be the first U.S. federal law enforcement agency and first branch of the Homeland Security Department to train pilots using virtual reality (VR) flight ...
MarketWatch

Loft Dynamics Becomes World's First VR Flight Simulation Training Device to Receive FAA Qualification

U.S. Helicopter Pilots Can Now Train and Receive Credit Toward Pilot Ratings on Loft Dynamics' Qualified VR Flight Training Device SANTA MONICA, Calif. and ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., July 31, 2024 ...
Forbes

Pilots Are Learning To Fly Helicopters In VR, Thanks To This Swiss Startup

A pilot trains on a Loft Dynamics simulator for an Airbus H125 helicopter at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. I am hovering in a valley in the Swiss Alps on a beautiful day in a ...
WREG

PHI Air Medical Becomes First Air Ambulance Operator in the Americas to Train Pilots with VR Flight Simulation--Using Loft Dynamics' Simulator

Leading Air Ambulance Provider Enhances Training with Loft's FAA-Qualified VR Simulator, Marking a Shift Away from Legacy Full-Flight Simulators MESA, Ariz. and SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 23, 2025 ...
Flying

NASA to Study Air Taxi Turbulence Using Human Test Subjects

NASA is launching a four-year program to use a six-axis virtual reality flight simulator to study human passenger comfort and turbulence in future eVTOL air taxis. Data collected from human test ...
Aviation Week

Loft Dynamics, Alaska Airlines Team To Develop 737 VR Flight Simulator

Loft’s VR simulator will have a much reduced footprint compared with a conventional Level D full-flight simulator (left). Credit: Loft Dynamics/Alaska Airlines With the stated goal of challenging the ...